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• Down but Not out

  

  LESS than a minute into his speech and Albert Rivera, the leader of Ciudadanos, a centrist party that has stormed the barricades of Spanish politics, is... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Clean Hands

  

  IN MAY 2014 Isabel Carrasco was murdered as she walked across a footbridge over the Bernesga river in the north-western Spanish city of León. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• France Debates Security Changes in Constitution

  The French government will on Wednesday present a bill to inscribe new security provisions into the constitution. Many fear it could harm civil liberties. Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Bad News on Trade, but EU-Ukraine Ties Advance

  Russia has said No to EU ideas on a Ukraine trade dispute. But in 2016, Europe will open its doors to Ukrainian exports and visa-free travellers. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Outflanking Marine

  

  MARINE LE PEN and her far-right National Front (FN) began December looking like the leaders of a new wave of European populist nationalism. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Real Border Guard at Last

  

  We don’t need no Frontex badges FEW institutions have been as overwhelmed by the numbers of refugees passing through Europe as Frontex, the European Union’s... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Opinion] Spanish Election: A Geek’s Guide to the Big Night

  The most vibrant, pluralistic vote in the Spain’s modern history will potentially unfold Sunday evening in little more than three hours. Here is how to follow... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• All Down the Line

  

  Registrations and permits, please IN THE middle of Germany’s capital, refugees—among them pregnant women and babies—are sleeping on the pavement in freezing... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Weighs Taking Refugees Directly from Turkey

  The EU commission has recommended taking in more refugees directly from Turkey, on condition Ankara delivers on stemming the flow of people. Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Battling with Britain

  

  LIKE blows from a fearsome heavyweight, the crises keep raining down upon Europe’s battered brow. Refugees, terrorism, Syria, Russia, Greece and Britain’s threa... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Making Joe Biden Mad as Hell

  

  JOSEPH BIDEN, America’s folksy vice-president, is not known as an enforcer—except in Ukraine, where he has become the spearhead of American policy. Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Ursula Major

  

  Camouflaging her ambition URSULA VON DER LEYEN strides into her office without a minute to spare, straight from parliament, which just gave her a mandate to sen... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Agenda] Borders, Brexit and Spain on the Agenda This WEEK

  The commission will present a project for an EU border guard corps, leaders will discuss UK demands to stay in the EU and Spain will vote for a new parliament. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The March of Europe’s Little Trumps

  

  KENT EKEROTH, a 34-year-old member of parliament for the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) party, has a pithy response to the idea that immigration can be good fo... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Opinion] Flexing Muscles, Losing Reflexes: Germany’s Role in Europe

  German society is becoming more self-confident and more active, especially on refugees. But is it also becoming less European? Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EP to Hold Debate on Kaczynski’s Poland

  Centre-right, centre-left and liberal MEPs want a debate, next week, on democratic backsliding in Poland. But Polish politicians say it’s too soon. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Ukraine ‘3%’ Away from EU Visa-free Green Light

  EU warns Ukraine on anti-corruption reforms ahead of visa-free report. Ukraine more interested in stopping German-Russian gas pipe. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• EU Ministers Back Air Passenger Data Sweep

  After years of talks, EU interior ministers backed a proposal to set up an EU PNR system but it still needs the backing of the European Parliament. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• French Far-right Gaining Ground in post-Paris Attack Elections

  The National Front could come first in half of French regions in Sunday’s elections. Despite calls for national unity, it has benefitted from the Paris attacks. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• [Agenda] Climate and Borders Are Back This WEEK

  Climate and borders will dominate the EU’s agenda once again, after crucial regional elections in France. News from Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL